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Wednesday, April 14 • 1:30pm - 2:00pm
Glenwood Springs Hatchery
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The Creation of a Chinook Salmon Run in the San Juans: on a former fruit orchard overlooking Orcas Island's East Sound, Glenwood Springs Salmon Hatchery is the site of something remarkable: the creation of a Chinook salmon run where none existed before. Begun in a stream in 1978 with eggs from a state hatchery, the run has been propagated from returning adult fish since 1982—and because no wild Chinook originate in the San Juan Islands, this new salmon run serves commercial and sports fishers while posing no threat to endangered fish.  Just as important, Glenwood Springs is a pioneer in "natural rearing," hatchery practices that mimic nature. The results are salmon that resemble their wild cousins—in appearance, behavior, and biochemical makeup—more closely than they do most hatchery fish.

Zoom 4/12-4/14 link info:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87169659958?pwd=dWlocVhiQVptNERxSU5RbnJJRzNEZz09
Meeting ID: 871 6965 9958
Passcode: 939357
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Mike O’Connell

Facility Manager, Glenwood Springs Salmon Hatchery
Mike is a longtime fisheries biologist with experience and training in many areas of natural resource management. Prior to joining Long Live the Kings’ staff in 2001, he was a district watershed manager for the Middle Deschutes Watershed in central Oregon. Mike holds a B.S. in resource... Read More →

Wednesday April 14, 2021 1:30pm - 2:00pm PDT
Online 4/12-4/14 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87169659958?pwd=dWlocVhiQVptNERxSU5RbnJJRzNEZz09 Meeting ID: 871 6965 9958 Passcode: 939357